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Georgie Jean Seybold
(Obituary ~ 04/08/13)
Georgie Jean Seybold May 2, 1941 -- March 6, 2013 TRENTON, Nebraska -- Jean Blankenship Seybold, Trenton, Nebraska, passed away at El Dorado Nursing Manor after a long battle with cancer. Georgie was born on May 2, 1941, in Cheyenne County, Kansas, to Walter Thomas Blankenship and Violet Stella "Dell" (Seitz) Blankenship. ...
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On the record
(Other Record ~ 04/08/13)
This information is gathered at the McCook Public Safety Center, the McCook office of the Nebraska State Patrol, the Red Willow County Courthouse, the Red Willow County Sheriff's Office and the McCook Humane Society. Police activity Activity log...
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Reclamation releasing water to comply with Nebraska order
(Local News ~ 04/08/13)
BILLINGS, Montana -- The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is responding to the order from the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources by directing the release of more than 13,000 acre-feet of water from four federally managed reservoirs. The release order includes releases from Swanson Lake (3,232 acre feet), Enders Reservoir (452 acre feet), Hugh Butler Lake, 1,984 acre feet) and Harry Strunk Lake (7,548 acre feet) totaling approximately 13,200 acre feet. ...
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Jail price agreement signed
(Local News ~ 04/08/13)
Red Willow County Commissioner Earl McNutt signs a bid agreement setting the guaranteed maximum price for construction of a new county jail at $5,428,036, Monday morning, during the commissioners regularly scheduled meeting. The agreement between the county, Prochaska & Associates and Beckenhaur Construction Inc. was approved unanimously by commissioners...
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Tri Valley Health System earns ACR accreditation
(Business ~ 04/08/13)
CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- Tri Valley Health System, and Cambridge Memorial Hospital, has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in mammography as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Mammography is a specific type of imaging test that uses a low-dose x-ray system to examine breasts. Mammography is used to aid in the early detection and diagnosis of breast diseases in women...
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Waves of snow
(Local News ~ 04/08/13)
Roxy Lang took this photograph south of Wilsonville, Nebraska on March 26. A repeat performance of snow drifting like waves on the sea is possible over the next couple of days as a variety of weather patterns develop over the area, including the threat of severe thunderstorms later today. ...
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Habitat donation
(Local News ~ 04/08/13)
Three pallets of hardware, right, worth about $20,000 are loaded on to a trailer from Alco for Southwest Nebraska Habitat for Humanity, then unloaded at a vacant store on C Street between Norris and West First. When Alco decided to bring in a new line of hardware, it had a better idea than to sell the old items at a deep discount, according to manager Stacy Kienke. ...
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Coffee with a Cop set for Tuesday
(Local News ~ 04/08/13)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook Daily Gazette is coordinating the first scheduled "Coffee with a Cop" opportunity, Tuesday morning, 10 a.m., at the McCook McDonald's restaurant. The program is modeled after a Hawthorne, California, police department program and based on the theory that it takes 10 positive interactions with law enforcement to erase one negative encounter...
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Big entrance
(Local News ~ 04/08/13)
Prom couples in all their finery converge at the high school auditorium Saturday night, for the promenade procession. Couples were announced inside the auditorium and walked through the high school to the former National Guard Armory, where the prom dance was held. ...
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State college funding boosted as bills advance in Legislature
(State News ~ 04/08/13)
LINCOLN, Nebraska -- The Nebraska Legislature advanced several bills to the next round of debate while the Appropriations Committee approved increased funding for state colleges. Speaker of the Legislature Greg Adams of York said future sessions will adjourn later than the usual 5 p.m. They will extend to 6:30 p.m...
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Son's death shows limits of leaders' personal influence
(Editorial ~ 04/08/13)
Pastor Rick Warren delivered the invocation at President Obama's first inauguration in 2009, oversees a church of 20,000 attendance in California, is a best-selling author and has drawn criticism for his views on controversial subjects like same-sex marriage and abortion, as well as some of his methods of ministry...
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Families met guidelines
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/08/13)
The April 1, 2013 editorial regarding the State Auditor's report of the Nebraska Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program deserves a response. We acknowledge that DHHS erred in deciding how to distribute part of the additional federal funds received in 2011 for the LIHEAP program. ...
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Syngman Rhee, Korea's George Washington
(Column ~ 04/08/13)
Today, we read and hear a great deal about North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un (Dennis Rodman's buddy), pontificating, and brandishing nuclear bomb threats against the West, while the North Korean people struggle to find enough to eat. Electricity is on in the cities for just a few hours each day -- in rural areas perhaps not at all -- and there are stories of forced labor camps. It is difficult for us in the United States to understand a fellow like this...
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Red flags in medical bill
(Column ~ 04/08/13)
There are eight weeks remaining in the 2013 Legislative Session and several bills have had extended debate on the floor, one being, Legislative Bill 528, introduced by Senator Sara Howard of Omaha. Roughly two weeks ago LB 528 was advanced on the floor with a 32-3 vote. ...
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Ending the tax on a lifetime of success
(Column ~ 04/08/13)
Summer after hot, dusty summer, many of our parents and grandparents worked in the fields, raising their crops. Winter after icy winter, they braved frigid corrals, helping to grow their herds. They often worked the same ground for decades--first as children, learning the trade. Over time, they may have added new land and new equipment here and there--whenever they found an opportunity to expand their life's work. It takes a lifetime to grow a farm or ranch...
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